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TRUCKMAKER LAWSUIT *- USA - Trucking Firm Files Lawsuit Over Fire
A Batesville trucking company charges that a defective design in a Kenworth Truck Co. vehicle started a fire in October that caused more than $230,000 in damage
ARK,USA -The Arkansas Business News, by Mark Friedman -20 July 2009: -- ... Bill Davis Trucking Inc., which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, said that in October, one of its employees parked a 2007 model truck it bought from Paccar Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., which does business as Kenworth, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court... The employee then left Bill Davis' parking lot and the truck caught fire, also causing damage to another one of Bill Davis' 2007 Kenworth trucks, which was parked next to it, the lawsuit said... "The cause of the fire was the defective design and installation of the battery cable," the lawsuit said. The fire caused $236,070 in damage... Bill Davis is suing for negligence and breach of expressed and implied warranties... A Paccar spokesman was unavailable for comment... (Photo from classytrucks.org: Kenworth 1998 T600)
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